She's My Sleeping Pill

Seeing how she struggled to get up, probably from dizziness, the nurse helped her up and placed a pillow on her back. "Don't worry Mrs. Dumrique, you are not sick or something. You just fainted due to the severe shock that you received earlier. As for your husband, he didn't want to disturb your rest so he is taking calls outside. I'll go and tell him that you are awake now."

"Yes, please. Thank you for your help."

The nurse immediately left to inform Stefan that his wife had woken up and not even ten seconds later, Stefan came running to her room and hugged her. "You scared me," he whispered next to her ears as he tightened his hold on her.

"I'm sorry," Cayenne muttered knowing that she really caused his worry this time. "So, did you find out what happened? Is Diana really dead?"

"It's not certain. As of this moment, she is still battling with her life. I heard from Seiji that Diana was the perpetrator of the rumor of you not helping her."

"Seiji? You contacted him?" Cayenne questioned while pushing his husband a little to put some distance between them so they could talk properly.

"Why not? I think he is the best person to contact when it comes to the Rule family. I mean, they had some sort of connection and even though the Old man caused a huge problem to them, he didn't sever his ties with the siblings. He even mentioned that he sent you a message about Diana's plans."

Cayenne still felt a little disoriented as he tried to recall Seiji's message to her. "He sent me a message? When?"

"This morning."

Cayenne couldn't help but slap herself on the forehead when she remembered the message. Seiji did send her a message, telling her to take care of herself and be alert when it comes to Diana, but she didn't expect that Diana would try to kill herself and blame her for it.

"Can you tell me what really happened?"

Stefan finally pulled a chair and sat next to his wife's bed. He took her hand and held it in between his while slowly narrating the whole story of Diana's plotted revenge against her.

It turned out, after getting scolded by her sister and her parents, Diana went back to her room and busied herself with several things, including the scheduled post about her death which was blamed on Cayenne.

Her sister and her parents thought that she was just doing the usual – staying in her room to surf online and badmouth her cousin. However, when it was time for dinner, Artemis called her sister and received no answer. She knocked on her door several times but heard no response from her.

It was at this point that their mother got worried. They forcefully broke into her room and found her lying in her bathtub with blood all over her. Diana slit her own throat.

Cayenne didn't know what to say. She couldn't believe that the woman would go this far just to seek revenge against her when she never really did something wrong.

Her encounter with Diana started with Old Rule's plan of using her. Cayenne never took the initiative of looking for them, besides, she never knew them to begin with. Yet, she suffered this kind of injustice.

"I already talked to some of the reporters regarding what happened, and I am pretty sure they will do the rest of their work to bring the truth to light. You don't have to worry about it," Stefan told Cayenne after the long narration to make ease her worry. He brought her hand to his lips and gave it a gentle kiss while keeping his eyes on her face. "Hon, you are not to blame in all of this.

It's not your fault that Diana has a twisted personality."

"Was I wrong to refuse her?"

"No," Stefan responded right away. "It was not you who refused her. It was me. Anyway, don't think about it anymore. Do you want to eat something? I'll ask Nikolai to buy us some food," he added to change the subject of their conversation.

"Can we go home instead? I want to see the children. What time is it now? It must be late already."

Stefan didn't think twice and called the doctor immediately. He requested his wife to be discharged and the doctor agreed with no hesitation. There was nothing wrong with Cayenne so there was no need to hinder the patient from leaving the hospital.

In C country, it was past midnight already and Artemis was still sitting on the bench outside the emergency room with her parents. They were all pale from the fright of seeing Diana in her own pool of blood and about half an hour ago, someone told them about Cayenne's situation.

Not only were they worrying for Diana, but now, they had to be wary of Stefan's retaliation as well. If Diana wasn't a family, they would have wished her to die already.

"Artemis, as soon as your sister comes out of the emergency room, no matter what the outcome is, you must tell the media about it as well as the truth of this incident. We don't want Stefan Dumrique and his people to come knocking on our door."

"Why don't I do it now?"

"Wait until your sister comes out. At least, show some respect while she's battling for her life," Mrs. Rule reprimanded, which caused Artemis to bite her lower lips.

If this happened two years ago, a lot of people would be calling them to show their concern, but now, only the police officers came for an investigation. Seiji didn't even call them. He, too, was not bothered by what happened.

"Let's force her to give up the company. It's either she gives up on it or I'll sever my ties with this family. She brings nothing but a headache," Artemis expressed and left without looking back. She decided to leave the hospital before she wished for something she would regret in her life.